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Buddha’s remains enshrined after 2000 years
MUMBAI, Oct 29: Thousands of Buddhists gathered in Mumbai on Sunday to lay to rest part of the ashes and bones of Lord Buddha in a ceremony resurrected after almost 2000 years.... 
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US, Iraqi troops kill 17 guerillas
BAGHDAD, Oct 29: US and Iraqi forces said they killed about 17 guerrillas in a battle north of Baghdad early on Sunday, after President George W....
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Lanka peace talks in Geneva deadlocked
GENEVA, Oct 29: Peace talks between Sri Lanka’s government and its Tamil Tiger rebel foes ended in stalemate in Geneva on Sunday, and analysts feared the deadlock could trigger a fresh surge in violence....
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Fidel Castro appears on state TV
HAVANA, Oct 29: Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared on state television on Saturday speaking to Cubans as he browsed the day’s newspapers, his first public appearance in 40 days....
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Congo army ‘blocked’ thousands from voting
KINSHASA, Oct 29: Congolese government forces prevented thousands of civilians from voting in elections on Sunday by setting up roadblocks and demanding money for passage in the lawless northeast, an international observer said....
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US seeks Australia’s help against N.Korea
SYDNEY, Oct 29: The United States will look to close ally Australia to provide some military muscle to UN sanctions against North Korea once details are worked out, US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said on Sunday....
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Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok dies
HONG KONG, Oct 29: Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung, whose business and political influence and close ties to Beijing earned him the nickname “the Godfather”, has died in the Chinese capital aged 83, China reported on Sunday....
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China launches broadcast satellite
BEIJING, Oct 29: China put a communications and broadcast satellite into orbit on Sunday, the latest in a 10-year string of successful space launches, the official Xinhua news agency said....
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Bodyguard of Maliki injured
BAGHDAD, Oct 29: A bodyguard of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was wounded when gunmen fired on a government car on Saturday in Baghdad, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Sunday....
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Afghan war ‘cuckoo’, says British general
TONY Blair’s most trusted military commander on Saturday branded as ‘cuckoo’ the way Britain’s overstretched army was sent into Afghanistan. The remarkable rebuke by General the Lord Guthrie came in an...
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Google is defiant over censorship in China
GOOGLE is to enter the political arena in earnest this week when it debates freedom of speech, intellectual property rights and how to connect Africa to the internet at a special UN conference....
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£3.68 trillion: the price of climate change
BRITONS face the prospect of a welter of new green taxes to tackle climate change, as the most authoritative report on global warming warns it will cost the world up to £3.68...
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Is China the new colonial power in Africa?
ONCE the targets of rioting and insurrection in Africa were European colonial overlords. Today, though, jet-setting Chinese businessmen, arriving in ever greater numbers, are causing a backlash in the world’s poorest continent....
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Britons afraid of young people: report
LONDON: Britain is becoming a nation increasingly afraid of its young people and this “paedophobia” is causing problems for children as they grow up, a report said....
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